Through Oct. 31, Sports Illustrated will count down its preseason college basketball Top 25 with overviews of each team. Here are the full rankings so far.
In both 2023 and ’24, Kansas entered the season as the No. 1 team in the AP poll. Instead of another banner, the Jayhawks instead set records both years for most single-season losses under Bill Self. Last season’s stumble from the top of the sport in the preseason to 13 defeats and a first-round NCAA tournament exit was particularly ugly. The offense, anchored by a trio of veterans in Hunter Dickinson, Dajuan Harris Jr. and KJ Adams Jr., was uninspired at its best and ugly at its worst. It was obvious it was time for a new look in Lawrence, Kans.
